Bike shops in Seattle?

[MomOnBike]

Posting here, rather than in Touring, for a larger number of responses.

So, for my upcoming Seattle to Lincoln tour, DH & I were going to rent a vehicle, drive to Seattle with the bike safely inside the minivan, and have him fly back. We liked the idea until we priced the car rental. YIKES! We'd have to give up eating for a year if we did that.

Plan B is for both of us to fly. Since I really don't want to subject my oversized bike (Long wheel base recumbent) to the tender mercies of passenger airlines, I am planning on shipping the bike to a shop in Seattle to be reassembled (correctly) there.

Where do the Seattle people suggest? Where would you send your bike in this situation? My daughter says that Recycled Cycles is on a bike path that goes near her house on 28th Ave. NE but I'm open to other suggestions.

If I survive the logistics, this tour will be easy.

[Trek420]

Welcome to Seattle, home of many excellent bike shops!

When I moved from CA we had all of my bikes and one of Knotts shipped from my CA LBS to Cascade Bike Studio for reassembly:

http://cascadebicyclestudio.com

Zac did a fantastic job and will be my LBS here especially for the Mondonico.

Counterbalance is located on the Burke Gillman trail too. Works on all kinds of bikes and has a rental fleet.

http://www.counterbalancebicycles.com/

Recyled Cycles is ok but their best wrench has moved to their new shop. If I was having work done I'd make sure it's at that new location, not the main one. It's not that their bad, just so busy that work has been a little less attentive at the old spot.

[Reesha]

Posting here, rather than in Touring, for a larger number of responses.

So, for my upcoming Seattle to Lincoln tour, DH & I were going to rent a vehicle, drive to Seattle with the bike safely inside the minivan, and have him fly back. We liked the idea until we priced the car rental. YIKES! We'd have to give up eating for a year if we did that.

Plan B is for both of us to fly. Since I really don't want to subject my oversized bike (Long wheel base recumbent) to the tender mercies of passenger airlines, I am planning on shipping the bike to a shop in Seattle to be reassembled (correctly) there.

Where do the Seattle people suggest? Where would you send your bike in this situation? My daughter says that Recycled Cycles is on a bike path that goes near her house on 28th Ave. NE but I'm open to other suggestions.

If I survive the logistics, this tour will be easy.

I am about to embark on a cross country journey that the American Lung Association does annually. Every year they have all of their cyclists ship their bikes to Speedy Reedy to have their bikes reassembled again and tuned up before launching!